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Bloomberg: 'We disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little' in stop-frisk checks
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Jun 28, 2013 03:22pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | YOAV GONEN and JENSEN WERLEY |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Post |
| News Date | Friday, June 28, 2013 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Mayor Bloomberg claimed that people of color should be stopped and frisked more -- not less -- while whites are stopped too frequently.
"I think we disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little. It's exactly the reverse of what they say," Bloomberg said on his weekly radio show, in response to the City Council passing two bills aimed at reining in the controversial policing tactic.
"I don't know where they went to school but they certainly didn't take a math course. Or a logic course.”
The mayor was referring to statistics showing that a majority of serious crimes in the city are carried out by young men of color.
But candidates vying to replace him wasted no time in denouncing the comments.
“It's out of touch, it's insensitive and I dare say it is hurtful to people all over the city,” said Bill DeBlasio." |
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